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Jay - Are you interested in designing software user interfaces for
hardware platforms or interested in designing hardware interfaces
(e.g. physical controls)?
If it's the former and you already have strong interface design
skills, then the transition can be relatively seamless.
If it's a
Tom - I found the chart, with a few moments of review and reading, was
very clear. The one element that was not is the circular path where
the alternate timeline starts. Why is this not a straight line to a
new path, versus a circular path that seems to suggest travel in both
directions?
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Hi - I'm looking for examples of interfaces that effectively
communicate/visualize the status and physical location of many objects (e.g.
moving people, vehicles, packages). This might include zoomable interfaces,
for example. Any suggestions appreciated.
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you say are
the most like Core77 in terms of independent coverage of the interaction design
industry?
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Does anyone have recommendations or references for how to design an
interface so that it draws the attention of infants and young
children (they just need to look at it, not interact).
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I'm looking for examples of applications that support the task of
comparing images, specifically multiple perspectives of the same
object.
For example simultaneously comparing before and after photos, or
looking at an object from different angles at the same time. I am
particularly interested
Jared - You're one of four people (the other three being my wife and
daughters) who I can't win an argument with, so I won't bother.
But I am curious as to whether others have recruitment experiences
that are more similar to yours or mine. Maybe I'll have to download
your report.
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Here's a list of postings related to sound in product design - scroll
to the bottom for basic information on acoustics and sound -
http://tinyurl.com/c2r65g
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like to hear more about.
Here's the link to Part 1 - http://tinyurl.com/72s5n7
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To add-on to Jared's reference, there are a number of articles in the
Harvard Business Review related to usability, consumer research, etc.
I wrote up a summary of some of the most relevant ones a couple of
months ago -
http://tinyurl.com/8q58hw
Besides there educational/informational content,
Well I never said it was good, just visually remarkable...and
there have been quite a few remarks.
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I recommend taking a look at http://thoughtpile.org/ , Herman Miller's web
site, for a visually remarkable interface. It's a crowd-sourcing/idea
generation type of site.
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Can anyone recommend best practices and guidelines for the design of paper
forms - not printed online forms, but stand-alone paper forms, filled in by
hand.
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Is anyone aware of a tool for batch exporting layers in Illustrator into
a single file, like a PDF?
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For background reading on technical history and design, check out Mark
Vail's book, Vintage Synthesizers -
http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Synthesizers-Pioneering-Groundbreaking-Instruments/dp/0879306033
and also the (unrelated web site), Vintage Synths -
http://www.vintagesynth.com/
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Seems similar to Fitbit (although Fitbit isn't available yet) - I
wonder why people couldn't wear Sniftag and dogs Fitbit? I guess
it's an issue of canine-centered design.
http://www.fitbit.com/
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Thanks for the few direct and the many consultant/zen-like responses
(don't use a clock, etc). Yes we are providing the option to turn
off the clock display and it will also become dimmer after a period
of inactivity.
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Looking for suggestions to avoid clock burn-in. This is a small display on a
consumer appliance that displays the time in digit or analog format when not in
use. We don't want the clock to move around (like a screen-saver). What are
alternate ways to deal with this?
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Rob
Good luck Johnny - you might want to include the remarkable story
on Brain Controlled Interfaces on 60 Minutes tonight - you can watch
the video here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/31/60minutes/main4560940.shtml
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To address semantic differences I suggest defining Simplicity and
Complexity with respect to objective, technical aspects of the
product or interface. For example, the number of features, options,
controls, etc.
THEN, use the term Clarity when describing the quality of
interacting with the
Andy - That's spot on - complexity is an objective quality of the
system. Like the example of going from a manual to an automatic
transmission - the transmission is not getting simpler (it's
actually more complicated), but because of where the complexity is
distributed, the interaction is easier
Jerome - No hoax, Charles Jorgensen of NASA has been work on
subvocalization technology for several years:
Even when reading or speaking to oneself with or without actual lip
or facial movement, biological signals arise. While using the NASA
subvocal system, a person thinks of a phrase and talks
design reference book - review here:
http://humanfactors.typepad.com/idsa/2006/04/book_review_uni.html
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P.P.S. - My bad, the earlier book is called Universal PRINCIPLES of
Design
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Shaun - You're not out of your mind. Designers and design
researchers have been usng felt boards and similar materials for
years. Best example is Liz Sanders co-creation methods, where
participants use such materials to envision designs of products and
environments (see esp. page 8-11):
, etc).
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David - You can apply most, if not all, of the same heuristic
principles that you apply to a strictly UI analysis, but I would also
integrate key physical ergonomic factors like reach and posture.
Here's a quick description of those characterisitcs -
Feedback - Identify where the user's access
Michael -
I also wrote a posting I wrote about ISO 20282 a couple of weeks
ago:
http://tinyurl.com/6g6b96
In summary, the standards are probably not worth it for the
practicing usability specialists. Like all standards, they tend to
be high-level and lag slightly behind current practices.
subsequently.
-Rob Tannen
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Design Research Conference - September 19/20 in Chicago:
http://trex.id.iit.edu/events/drc/2008/index.html
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I did receive my Livescribe Pulse pen. Overall works very well and
has a unique user interface feature (you can draw your own controls
for navigating the pen's interface).
BUT - and this may sound trivial, but its not - the pen lacks a clip
so it rolls around too much and there is no easy way
I've been following this product for months since pre-launch. and
wrote about its promising application to a number of user research
methods:
http://www.designingforhumans.com/idsa/2007/12/lightscribe---p.html
Unfortunately the customer service behind the product has not been
altogether
Correction - the URL should be
http://humanfactors.typepad.com/idsa/2007/12/lightscribe---p.html
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Alrightthird time's the charm:
http://tinyurl.com/5gz89g
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Actually I think Don Norman was on a commercial year's ago (with his
son?) playing himself as a customer of a financial services company.
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Sounds like what's missing here is a set of consistent, objective and
reliable guidelines for interpreting eye-tracking data (and
potentially usability findings in general).
For example a fixation of an a priori specified minimum duration on a
link in conjunction with a user failing to click
It does have value as a secondary diagnostic tool. In the context of
usability testing, eye tracking does not determine the presence of a
usability problem, but helps determine what led to that problem in
conjunction with performance data, faciliator observations and user
self-reporting.
For
...oops I meant Design B would be the better option (assuming less
visual workload is preferable).
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Is there any consensus on this (loaded question)?
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On a tangentoal (sp?) note, perceivng affordances where others have
not can be considered a sign of creativity or at least
resourcefulness.
A Core77 posting from last year featured examples of identifying
affordances (although they don't describe it in those terms):
A little more depth on this topic:
The original meaning of affordance (in the context of Gibsonian
psychology) is a RELATIONSHIP. The relationship exists between an
actor and the environment and/or object.
The classic example is that a chair affords sitting - but that is an
really
appreciate it - if not, a good opportunity to learn some cultural history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/opinion/09rogers.html
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Todd - Depending on the specifics of the question choices, it's not
clear whether more questions is not in fact more efficient. One of
the issues with challenge questions is that users may not have
appropriate or memorable choices to select from. For example, your
high school didn't have a
Ah yes, eye tracking - it's like the intelligent design debate of
our field.
A few points to add:
-The reaction of isn't that obvious to some of the points
reminds me of reactions to findings from usability testing years ago.
Yes it may be apparently obvious, but that doesn't mean it's not
This sounds great - can you provide directions to the event from the
IDSA conference (Fairmont Hotel)?
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